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H. E. HOOD.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, I915.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

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if @A AFN? HUBERT EDWIN HOOD, OF BUFFALO, NEN YGRK, ASSIGNOE, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE F. F. DALLEY CGRPGRATIONS, LIMITED, OF HAMILTON,ONTARIO, CANADA,

A CORPORATION OF CANADA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT EDWIN HOOD, a citizen of Canada, residing atBuffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented newand useful Improve ments in Boxes, of which the following is apecification.

This invention relates to a box which is more particularly designed forpacking shoe polishing paste although the same may also be used forpacking other materials.

it is essential in boxes used for packing shoe lilacking that a tightjoint is maintained between the cover and the body thereof so that airwill be excluded from its contents and the latter prevented from dryingout. \Vhen, however, a tight joint is produced between the cover andbody itis usually very difficult to open the box by means of the handsonly.

It is therefore the purpose of this invention to provide a box of thischaracter with an opening device which is comparatively simple andcompact in construction, which requires no more metal in its manufacturethan that used in the manufacture of the boxes heretofore in use, whichpermits of obtaining a powerful leverage so as to enable the box to beeasily opened, and which is so constructed that the same can be veryeasily and readily manipulated by any one having no previous experiencewith the same.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a boxequipped with my improved opening device and showing the box in itsclosed position. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of the box, showing the opening device partly in section andthe cover lifted part way from the body. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectiontaken in line 4%, Fig. 1 looking downwardly. Figs. 5 and 6 arefragmentary vertical transverse sections taken in the correspondinglynumbered lines in Figs. 1 and 8, respectively. Fig. 7 is a fragmentaryhorizontal. section taken in line 7-7, Fig. 1, looking upwardly.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

Although my improvements are applicable to boxes which may be used forvarious purposes and which may vary in general design, that shown in thedrawings is more particu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, i ilt- Serial No. 6,753.

larly intended for packing shoe blacking paste and comprises a lowercircular body which is provided with a bottom 1 and an up wardlyprojecting annular flange 2 at the edge of the bottom, and a circularcover having a t p 3 and a downwardly projecting annular flange at whichits over the flange of the body. in its closed position the lower edgeof the cover flange is ar ranged close to or actually engages with anannular outwardly n'ojectin g head. or shoulder formed on. the flange ofthe body. 'fhcsc two parts of the box are preferably constructed of tinor other suitable material in any usual and well known manner. My

structed as follows: On the outer side of one part of the cover flangeis arranged a supporting bracket which in its preferred form comprises ahorizontal web 6 projecting outwardly from the lower edge of the coverflange, an upright wall 7 projecting upwardly from the outer edge of theweb and substantially parallel with the cover flange, and a stop lip 8projecting horizontally inward, or substantially so, from the upper edgeof the wall toward the cover flange and preferably into engagement withthe same, as shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6. This bracket is preferablyconstructed integrally with the cover from the same sheet of metal, itbeing possible to do this without using any more metal than hasheretofore been required to produce an ordinary cover inasmuch as thisbracket can be stamped out of the metal which has heretofore been cutaway between adjacent cover blanks and wasted.

The web of the bracket is providedwith an opening or slot 9 whichpreferably is of the same width as the distance between the wall and thecover flange but terminates at its opposite ends short of the ends ofthe web so as to retain a connection between the wall and the lower edgeof the cover flange, as best shown in Figs. i and 7. A lever is providedfor lifting the cover from the body with ease and certainty, this leverbeing preferably constructed from a piece of metal wire in the form ofthe letter U so as to produce an inner bearing arm 10 which iscomparatively short, an outer operating arm 11 which is adapted to begrasped by the fingers for manipulating the lever and a bight or crosspiece 12 connecting the corresponding inner ends of these lever arms.The bight of this lever is arranged in an opening 13 formed in the wallof the bracket adjacent to the upper end thereof and about vertically inline with one end of the slot 9 whereby a pivotal connection is producedbetween this lever and the bracket. W hen thus assembled the short inneror bearing arm of the lever is arranged between the inner side of thewall of the bracket and the outer side of the cover flange while theouter operating arm of the same is arranged outside of the bracket wall,as shown in Figs. 5 7;

In the normal closed position of the box the lever projects downwardlyfrom its pivot at an angle to the shoulder or bead of the body, as shownin Fig. 1 in which position the inner arm of the lever may rest looselyagainst the shoulder or head of the body. \Vhen it is desired to openthe box it is only necessary to turn the lever in a direction which willcause its inner arm to turn downwardly into an'upright position wherebythis inner arm by passing downwardly through the slot of the bracket andsweeping over a part of the body bead will cause the cover to be priedup or lifted from the body a suflicient extent to loosen the same, asshown in Fig. 3, so that the complete removal of the cover may beeffected subsequently with comparative ease by sole use of the fingers.By arranging the pivot of the lever about in line with one end of theslot said end serves as a stop which limits the throw or swing of thelever in the direction for opening the box and arrests this openingmovement when the lever reaches a vertical position in which it hasproduced the maximum lifting efiect which it is possible to exert uponthe box by the lever. By providing the upper end of the wall with aninturned stop lip this wall is not only braced and prevented frombecoming displaced while handling or packing the box but this lip alsoserves as a stop which limits the upward movement of the inner arm ofthe lifting lever and insures retaining the lever in its proper positionso that an inexperienced person will have no difficulty in properlymanipulating this lever for the purpose of opening the box. The lowerend of the inner bearing arm of the lever is preferably flattened orbroadened somewhat, as shown in Figs. 4-7, so as to increase the extentof its contact with the body bead or shoulder and thereby insure properlifting of the cover from the body. This opening device as a whole isvery simple in construction, the same can be produced without anymaterial increase in cost, it permits of packing boxes for shipment asclosely as has been possible heretofore, and persons without anyprevious ex perience are capable of opening the box readily and quickly.Furthermore, this construction of opening device in nowise affects theair tight joint between the cover and the body, so that there is noliability of the contents of the box drying out by the entrance of air.

I claim as my invention:

A box comprising a body having a flange provided *ith an outwardlyprojecting annular bead or shoulder, a cover having a flange 'fittingover the flange of the body and provided on its. outer side with abracket having a web projecting laterally from the lower edge of thecover flange, an upright wall projecting upwardly from the outer edge ofsaid web and along the outer side of said cover flange, a slot insaid'web and a stop lip projecting inwardly from the upper edge of saidwall toward the cover flange, and a lever pivoted on said Wall andhaving an inner arm arranged between the wall and cover flange andadapted to swing upwardly into engagement with said step lip ordownwardly through said slot and against one end of the latter and alsoagainst said body shoulder and an outer arm arranged outside of saidwall and adapted to be manipulated.

Witness my hand this 6th day of February, 1915.

HUBERT EDWIN HOOD. Witnesses THEO. L. PoPP, E. M. GRAHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

'Washington, D. C.

